Commentary
Throughout most of recorded history, Tibetan independence and sovereignty coexisted uncomfortably with foreign powers upon which they depended for territorial protection from other foreign powers. That which was protected was not only a plateau territory, but Tibetan Buddhism, arguably the core of Tibetan identity.
Today is a little different, with the center of Tibetan independence and sovereignty, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration, having established themselves in Dharamshala, India, since 1959.
While the most independent people of Tibet now find themselves in exile from their own land, the flame of Tibet remains alive and well, wherever Tibetans practice their beliefs and reject the rule of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in thought, speech, or action….